Article 2 Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

1. (1)

   ‘safe and secure parking place’ means a parking place for commercial users allowing them to avoid unsuitable parking and contributing to safety of drivers and freight;

2. (2)

   ‘user’ means any truck or commercial vehicle driver, dispatcher, haulier, traffic management body, or any other body such as cargo owners, insurance companies, road authorities, and police forces. They should obtain the information from the service providers;

3. (3)

   ‘service provider’ means any public or private body that provides the information service to users;

4. (4)

   ‘data’ means information provided by a truck parking operator which describes the truck parking area;

5. (5)

   ‘information’ means any aggregated, processed and/or extracted data, offered by the service provider to the users through different channels;

6. (6)

   ‘information service’ means any service which provides guidance to its users, allowing them to comply with mandatory rest periods and breaks, to reduce unsuitable parking and optimise the use of parking places;

7. (7)

   ‘feedback from the users’ means information provided by users of the parking places, giving personal and anonymous advice to other future users and to truck parking area operators;

8. (8)

   ‘dynamic information’ means information indicating, at any given time, the available parking capacity available in a parking area or its current status (free/full/closed) of a parking area;

9. (9)

   ‘static information’ means information provided by the parking area operator relating to the description of the parking area;

10. (10)

    ‘reliability of information’ refers to the accuracy of the information service provided in comparison to the real situation;

11. (11)

    ‘unsuitable parking’ means stopping or parking of heavy goods vehicles outside of safe and secure parking places on motorways or corridors, on hard shoulders, or inside overcrowded parking places;

12. (12)

    ‘access point’ means a digital point of access where the information on parking places is collected, processed, and made available to be disseminated. These points of access will provide the possibility to disseminate the information services across borders;

13. (13)

    ‘priority zone’ means a section, as defined by the national authorities, where there is a shortage of spaces at one or several safe and secure parking places, which can be alleviated by providing information on other unused parking capacities in the same zone.